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Very late response, people just don't wish to change their script if they're not forced to. Also, the script wasn't "opened up", rather some places just adopted it to improve trade communications with China
I have heard that it used to be called 神奇寶貝 in China as well, but there were copyright issues, hence the new name. I just hope that they don't call it 精靈寶可夢 in Traditional Chinese (used only in Taiwan and HK) as well, since 神奇寶貝 has been the official name for quite some time. Appears on merch...